COVID Chronicles : A Comics Anthology / edited by Kendra Boileau and Rich Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boileau, Kendra, editor.

Johnson, Rich, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coronavirus infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.) : 158 color/100 b&w illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Graphic Mundi, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren't sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die. Amid all this uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create comics, commenting directly on how individuals, societies, governments, and markets reacted to the worldwide crisis. COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology collects more than sixty such short comics from a diverse set of creators, including indie powerhouses, mainstream artists, Ignatz and Eisner Award winners, and media cartoonists. In narrative styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, they tell stories about adjusting to working from home, homeschooling their kids, missing birthdays and weddings, and being afraid just to leave the house. They probe the failures of government leaders and the social safety net. They dig into the racial bias and systemic inequities that this pandemic helped bring to light. We see what it's like to get the virus and live to tell about it, or to stand by helplessly as a loved one passes. At times heartbreaking and at others hopeful and humorous, these comics express the anger, anxiety, fear, and bewilderment we feel in the era of COVID-19. Above all, they highlight the power of art and community to help us make sense of a world in crisis, reminding us that we are truly all in this together. The comics in this collection have been generously donated by their creators. A portion of the the proceeds from the sale of this volume are being donated by the publisher to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) in support of comics shops, bookstores, and their employees who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.

Contents:

Preface / Kendra Boileau

Covid-19 Diary / Jason Lambert

Ring the Bells / Emily Steinberg

Shelering in Place: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Ajuan Mance

Morning Commute / Rivi Handler-Spitz

The Iron Lung in the Enders Lab / Katy Doughty

Past Pandemics / Ned Barnett

Apocalypse of Ignorance / Seth Tobocman and Tamara Tornado

Isolation Exercises / Laura Holzman

and This is How I Leave You / Sean Seamus McWhinny

Sort of Together & Mostly Apart / Brenna Thummler

Hi, Dad. It's Rivi / Rivi Handler Spitz

Eye of the Storm / Janet K. Lee

It's a Laugh a Minute Round Here / Joe Decie

Meditations / Gerry Chow

Grief Changes / Shelly Wall

Solidarity / Luis Manriquez and Simon Gentry

The Hero in My Heart / Kang Jing and Pavith C.

Lessons Learned / Tim E. Ogline

Two Weeks Notice / Mark Heinrichs

Quarantine ack Davisson and Lili Chan

How to Have a Powwow in a Pandemic / S.I. Rosenbaum and Arigon Starr

We didn't get far ... / Rivi Handler-Spitz

Katie's Coronavirus Diary! / Tom K. Mason, Eduardo Garcia, Kurt Hathaway. amd Chris Summers

PAW Patrol to the Coronavirus Rescue / Sage Stossel

Shelter-in-Place Sing / Lee Marrs

If I Was / Justin LaRocca Hansen

Librarying During a Pandemic / Gene Ambaum and Willow Payne

Just heading over to a friend's place for dinner / Rivi Handler-Spitz

Small Acts / Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos and Seth Martel

Protecting Simmons Base / Armond Boudreaus and Ignacio Di Meglio

Puzzling Together / Kelly Latham

Ripples / Brian Canini and Amy Canini

Live Love Eat / Scott J, Jones

Tis is My Wartime Haircut / Ben Mitchell

Which step are you on? / Rivi Handler-Spitz

April 11-15, 2020 / Rob Kirby

My New Normal: Rinse & Repeat / Rob Kraneveldt and Mike Garcia

Epitaph for Myself / Rivi Handler-Spitz

The Dance of Death / Peter Dunlap-Shohl

State of Emergency / Sarah Firth

Earth force 2020 / Quincy Scott Jones, Ken Best and Zen

Between Two Worlds / Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

We made faces instead / Rivi Handler-Spitz

Seasons of the City / Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos and Aaron Guzman

The Right to Breathe / Maureen Burdock and joanna Regulska

PandemicPrecarities: An Accont from the Intersection of Two Worlds / Kay Sohini

Saying Goodbye / Christopher Harland-Dunaway, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk, and Amanda Pike

Going Viral / Rivi Handler-Spitz

Eviction / Eiri J. Brown

Back to Work Seth Tobocman ad Tamara Tornado

Mundane Hazards / Rivi Handler-Spitz

New Model Consultation / The Bad doctor (Ian Williama)

Self-Care / Jow Decie

Anew Reality / Annie Zhu and Richard You Wu

New Lifw / roland Burker and Natascha Hoffmeyer

What the hell?!?! / Rivi Handler-Spitz

Covid Hardball: World Leaders Step Up to the Plate / Rich Johnson and Eli Neugeboren

Dr. Anthony Fauci, MVP / Kendra Boileau and Eli Neugeboren

Same / Jazmine Joyner and John Jennings

Cjorona Diary / Haytiye Garip

Spread Love, Not COVID / Terry Moore

List of contributors

Lonely 2020 / Jay Stephens

Notes:

List of contributors included on pages 269-279.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-271-09171-1

0-271-09172-X

OCLC:

1306059554